Bruised left eye not a bother as Arif punches to gold


Take that: Mohd Arif Afifuddin Malik (left) in a tough fight with his opponent Daniyar Yuldashev of Kazakhstan in the men’s below 84kg kumite final. — Bernama

THERE were just 15 seconds to go when a swinging counter-attack punch left Mohd Arif Afifuddin Malik with a bruised left eye – and he was forced to hold on for dear life.

The 23-year-old karate kid did – and took home Malaysia’s sixth gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

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